Riding bridle



Oct. l3, 1931. M. J. KNOUD 1,827,367

RIDING BRIDLE Filed Sept. 23, 1930 IN VEN TOR 9 9 Marika JKnoad A TTORNEY 7 Patented a. 13.11 3

MARTHA-J. Known, or ,izonir' RIDING nninrin r I Application filedse tember 23,419 304 Seria1-lNo. 483,-82

, i This invention relates to riding bridles and has for itsobjectthe'provision in a bridle of this type of meansftor that is not readily'a'm'enable to control by to avoid'bit control by dropping their heads I and taking. the bit between their teeth. This is known as boring,'and a horse addicted 1o to such habit is difficult to control with the ordinary bit. When a horse is in harness, such habit or tendency may be, prevented bythe use of a check-or gag-reinwhich passes T from the bit upwardly throu'gh loops on the 15 bridle and from thence backwardlyto a' fixed a hook on theharness saddle; by this means permanently holding the horseshead in a raised position in which he isquite' amenable to ordinary bit control. With a horse under saddlehowever, he isnot subject to the same restraint as when in'harn'ess and for such reason it'become s necessary to make special provision forhis control when not readily tractasociating with the ordinary ridingfbridle em ploying 'a straight bar Pelham bit, a poll strap in the formof a loop passing over the poll or top'of the horses head with its opposite 1 ends running loosely through eyes formed in the cheek-rings of the bit and ter-V minating in a riding rein running back to the,

saddle. With thisfarrangem'ent and construction of parts, pull on the poll strap rein will act to bring pressure on thepoll of the horse through the connected poll strap ,which pressure results in enabling therider to keep the horses head in a raised position and so prevent boring. tion of the'poll strap. and attachedriding rein with the cheek-ringsof the bit permit of the normal use of the latter as a Pelhamor gag bit as well as a boring bit. j

Referring now tofthe accompanying; draw ings forming part of this specification,

Fig. 1 shows a horse.shead having'thereon' a bridle employing my invention, and. 1

Fig. Qis a perspective view of fthe bridle removed from the horses head.

50 The bridle shown, asidefrom the iteatu'res 0nstituting,jmy invention p v p 1$ I lQ 9lt e -m 'e i p il tm de P l-FEWlsbrowbandfl,throatlatchgwhsk i i S 1 flm bifii h att rig-detachablf i 5 pressure on it'smouth asefieotedbythe -ordi- ,connectedjto:the lowerends' olf'jthe'chee 45's narybit; For instance, some horses attempt P controlling a horse straps 4.); iThe gbit of. the I *blej under the ordinary bit. I do this inacthe riding rein through will be understood-that the said strap and v rein may be formed in one piece'if, so'de- I c.

Furthermore, such connecsired.

f: usual; conconnected at its ends with the;t ra'nsversely- I arranged cheek bars having integral.- rings 8.w m r elwi ht be et -b' t above 89. F and below the connecting ends of-the'nioi th ar. a cshpwn These rin s 7' in the h r use of the bit, are adaptedfor the connection therewith of the usual riding rein, while rings 9 at'the lower ends of'thebarsprovide for the connection of the lower or curbrein 10 which is efiective for applying pressure to the lower jaw of the horse through the curb strap or chain connecting with the eyes 11 i I c isi I .in'the'upp'er ends of the bars? when a cu the present case, the lower rein 10 may be H I as hereinbefore referred to', I provide a poll z 'strap- 15 in the form of. a loop which-is v v i the top of the horses S adapted to pass over head just behind the ears, where'it is retained; in position by passing through the end loops) 17 in the brow band side members 18 pass downwardly and loosely throughjeyes 20 20 formed in the cheek vrings 8. of the bit and connect with a riding rein 21. As shown, the ends of the poll strap are detachablv connected with the ends of 5 Y:

rings 22, although In riding, pull draw'the lower ends of the poll strapthrouglf" the "eyes 20,20 of the bit cheek lrings and so p cause the upper or loop end of said strapto i v H exert sufiicient pressure on. the poll of the:

horse to enable the rider to readily keep then horses head in a raised position and so pref vent his boring. The connection of the poll i strap andv attached rijding'rein directlywith the cheek rings of the bit enables said rein t o -be utilized as an ordinary driving reiIiJ lI When such curb is omitted, as in 1, f

2, and from whence its gfl on the rein 21 will act'to -Q when the horse is under proper control, as the poll strap, by reason of its free running connection with the bit through the eyes 20, Will immediately release its pressure on the 5 horses p011 upon an easing of the pull on the riding rein by the rider.

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